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cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. Some filmmakers say that the cinematographer...
An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment.Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also specialize in wiring ships, airplanes, and other mobile platforms, as well as data and ...
This project contain important manufactorers who are involved in the production of glass articles General description from Wikipedia: ... ... üssner&pg=PA179&printsec=frontcover öhmens_Glasindustrie_und_Glashandel/yalneKgCveMC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=quolfinger+iglau&printsec=frontcover
Cooks in the family? Please add to this project : “Cooking is the art and science of preparing food for eating by the application of heat”. The term also includes the full range of culinary techniques: preparing raw and cooked foods for the table; final dressing of meats, fish, and fowl; cleaning and cutting fruits and vegetables; preparing salads; garnishing dishes; decorating desserts; and ...
A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair. A barber's place of work is known as a "barber shop" or a "barber's". Barber shops are also places of social interaction and public discourse. In some instances, barbershops are also public forums. They are the locations of open debates, voicing public conc...
Add professional cabinetmakers and furniture makers to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == History ==Before the advent of industrial design, cabinet makers were responsible for the conception and the production of any piece of furniture. In the last half of the 18th century, cabinet makers, such as Thomas Sheraton, Thomas Chippendale, Sh...
Local officials Please create projects for a specific office if it’s missing, “relate” it to this project, and add a link to the index (below). The related project is where to add profiles. This is a global project, although wording may have been extracted from American sources. Please come collaborate! Additional references more than welcome. Local Government From Most Americans have...
A husbandman in England in the medieval and early modern period was a free tenant farmer or small landowner. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman. The meaning of "husband" in this term is "master of house" rather than "married man". It has also been used to mean a practitioner of animal husbandry, or in perhaps more modern language, a rancher. For a farmer or grower in g...
Town clerks (Municipal clerk, city clerk, village clerk …) From Wikipedia A clerk (pronounced "clark" in British and Australian[1] English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post. In the UK, a Town or Parish ...
Please add Geni profiles with the occupation of "weaver" to this project. is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling. (Weft or wo...
Add professional accountants and bookkepers to this project. You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == History ==The history of accounting is thousands of years old and can be traced to ancient civilizations. The early development of accounting dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, and is closely related to developments in writing, counting and money; there is...
A hotelier is a person who oversees or manages a hotel. He or she may be the owner of the establishment, the chairperson of the board that operates the hotel, the chief executive of a hotel location or chain, or the general manager of the hotel. ===A Brief History===From Hotels: a brief history By Jacques Levy-Bonvin From antiquity to the Middle Ages The history of hotels is intimately connecte...
==Property developers== Please add Geni profles of property and real estate developers to this Occupations project. Profiles must be set to public. Please feel free to contribute to the project overview, especially the "resources" section, and the photos and documents area also. From Wikipedia Real estate development, or property development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities ...
Linguists=A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics). , the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows several languages), or a grammarian (a scholar of grammar), but these two uses of the word are distinct (and one does not have to be a polyglot in order to be an academic linguist). The followin...
==Sculptors== A sculptor follows the art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal. > [Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel- in Indo-European roots.] This is a Geni occupations project.* Please add Geni profiles of practicing sculptors from any er...
Rail and bus conductors=This is an occupation project. Please add profiles of those who worked as a railroad, tram, bus or streetcar conductor (or guard). Please feel free to add translations and references to the project, although you must be a collaborator to do so. From Wikipedia: Conductor (rail) A conductor (American and Canadian English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew mem...
Portal to Geni Projects dedicated to "occupations." No profiles please - Add profiles to the projects listed below instead Please consider creating occupation sub-portal projects to group together allied occupations. A Abracadabra.... (magicians and illusionists) Accountants and Bookkeepers Administrative Assistant - see Secretaries Agricultural Labourers Air Traffic Controlle...
Printers Definition - One that prints, especially one whose occupation is printing.In publishing, printers can be companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.This project is for those whose occupation is printer . Please link GENi profiles of those whose occupation was/is described as Printer to this project. Bold links are to GENi profiles; other...
==Documentary filmmakers== From Wikipedia A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or rel...
A waterman is a river worker who transfers passengers across and along city centre rivers and estuaries in the United Kingdom and its colonies. Most notable are those on the River Thames and River Medway, but other rivers such as the River Tyne and River Dee, Wales also had their watermen who formed guilds in medieval times.Watermen or wherrymen were an essential part of early London. Using a s...
==Bladesmiths== Please add Geni profiles of those who practiced the craft of Bladesmithing . Profiles must be set to public. Project collaborators, please add resource information. Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to those used by bla...
butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male, and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually a ...
People (scientists, technicians, craftsmen, entrepreneurs, manufacturers...) involved in the development of microscopy. The project does not only include light microscopy. It should also include people who have been involved in the development of techniques that are important in microscopy but do not affect the microscopes themselves, such as staining methods for specimens.
=Gamblers= Please add profiles of gamblers to this project, and insert links for "notables" in the lists below. Collaborators, please expand the lists and references. Gambling is to take risky action in the hope of a desired result. Gamblers wager with money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional mo...
British Teachers=In education, teachers facilitate student learning, often in a school or academy or perhaps in another environment such as outdoors. A teacher who teaches on an individual basis may be described as a tutor.Please add profiles of any tutors to Tutors Please add any profiles of people who were teachers to this project. ===England and Wales===In England and Wales teachers in the m...